Sharp-tailed Ibis
Sharp-tailed Ibis
Here the details of the Sharp-tailed Ibis named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ibis oxycercus Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.69 pl.87
Taxonomy: Pelecaniformes / Threskiornithidae / Cercibis
Taxonomy Code: shtibi1
Type Locality: 'Province of Pard,.''
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1825
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CERCIBIS
(Threskiornithidae; Ϯ Sharp-tailed Ibis C. oxycerca) Gr. κερκος kerkos tail; ιβις ibis, ιβιδος ibidos ibis; "35. Genus. Cercibis Wagl. Schweifibis. Rostrum gracile, parum curvatum, culmine acute compresso; pedes breviusculi, validiores; tarsi et tibiae pars nuda squamis oblongo-hexagonis, illi latere externo serie scutellorum tecta; ungues mediocres, arcuati, compressi, excluso illo digiti antici intermedii acie interna subinflato. Ptilosis: unicolor, obscurus, micans; alae maximae, longissimae, caudae medium transcendentes; haec longissima, cuneata; facies (ad latera) et vitta longitudinalis ad utrumque latus menti nuda. Species: 1. Cerc. oxycerca (Ib. oxyc. Spix Av. Bras. t. 82. Wagl. l.c. sp. 15.) Steht bis jetzt der Sippe Theristicus zunächst." (Wagler 1832); "Cercibis Wagler, Isis, 1832, col. 1232. Type, by monotypy, Ibis oxycercus Spix." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 136).
oxycerca / oxycercus
Gr. οξυς oxus sharp, pointed; κερκος kerkos tail.
Oxycerca
(Estrildidae; syn. Lonchura † Scaly-breasted Munia L. punctulata) Gr. οξυς oxus sharp, pointed; κερκος kerkos tail; "OXYCERCA, G. R. Gray (1842). Lonchura a, Sykes (1832). O. nisoria (Tem.), G. R. Gray. Pl. col. 500. f. 2. ... a Used in Ichthyology." (G. Gray 1841); "Oxycerca G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 10. New name for Lonchura Sykes, 1832, considered preoccupied by Lonchurus Bloch, 1793 (Pisces)." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Oxycera.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)